WESTRAY WIND POWER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC375464 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-24
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 13.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2019-09-10
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2019-09-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2019-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2019-05-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2019-05-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2019-05-21
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    Charge satisfied #3
  16. 2019-05-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2019-05-21
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-04-12
    ➖
    BAKER, David John resigned
    director
  21. 2016-04-11
    ➕
    BREWSTER, Robert John appointed
    director
  22. 2016-04-11
    ➕
    GAULD, Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2016-04-11
    ➕
    HEDDLE, Derek Alexander appointed
    director
  24. 2013-07-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  25. 2012-09-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  26. 2012-09-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank PLC
  27. 2011-03-02
    ➕
    BAKER, David John appointed
    director
  28. 2011-03-02
    ➖
    JOHNSTON, Barry, Dr resigned
    director
  29. 2010-08-24
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Barry, Dr appointed
    director
  30. 2010-08-24
    ➖
    RISBRIDGER, Colin David resigned
    director
  31. 2010-04-05
    ➕
    A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2010-03-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WESTRAY WIND POWER LIMITED
  33. 2010-03-24
    ➕
    RISBRIDGER, Colin David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

C/O Ajb Scholes
8 Albert Street
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

A.J.B. SCHOLES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWSTER, Robert John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-04-11
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Active
GAULD, Richard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEDDLE, Derek Alexander→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAKER, David John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-03-02 · resigned 2016-04-12
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Barry, Dr→
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-08-24 · resigned 2011-03-02
Resigned
RISBRIDGER, Colin David→
director · ~50y · appointed 2010-03-24 · resigned 2010-08-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/07/201321/05/2019
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property18/09/201221/05/2019
satisfied
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank PLC
Standard security1 property13/09/201221/05/2019

Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-23